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class="mw-page-title-main">Costa Rica</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://ady.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8D-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%8D" title="Костэ-Рикэ – Adyghe" lang="ady" hreflang="ady" data-title="Костэ-Рикэ" data-language-autonym="Адыгабзэ" data-language-local-name="Adyghe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Адыгабзэ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8A%AE%E1%88%B5%E1%89%B3_%E1%88%AA%E1%8A%AB" title="ኮስታ ሪካ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ኮስታ ሪካ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-anp mw-list-item"><a href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE" title="कोस्टा रीका – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="कोस्टा रीका" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weligrima" title="Weligrima – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Weligrima" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста-Рика – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Коста-Рика" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7" title="كوستاريكا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="كوستاريكا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%A9%D5%A1_%D5%8C%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%A1" title="Քոսթա Ռիքա – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Քոսթա Ռիքա" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B3ta_Rr%C3%ADka" title="Kóta Rríka – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Kóta Rríka" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kustarika" title="Kustarika – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="Kustarika" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta-Rika" title="Kosta-Rika – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kosta-Rika" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="کاستاریکا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کاستاریکا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bm mw-list-item"><a href="https://bm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Bambara" lang="bm" hreflang="bm" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Bamanankan" data-language-local-name="Bambara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bamanankan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE" title="কোস্টা রিকা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কোস্টা রিকা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста-Рика – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Коста-Рика" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%A0%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста-Рыка – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Коста-Рыка" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%A0%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста-Рыка – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Коста-Рыка" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE" title="कोस्टा रिका – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="कोस्टा रिका" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста Рика – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Коста Рика" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%81%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%8F%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%81" title="ཁོ་ས་ཏ་རི་ཁ – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཁོ་ས་ཏ་རི་ཁ" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostarika" title="Kostarika – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Kostarika" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста-Рика – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Коста-Рика" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostarika" title="Kostarika – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kostarika" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostarika" title="Kostarika – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kostarika" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B5%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7" title="كوصطاريكا – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="كوصطاريكا" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%86%DE%AE%DE%90%DE%B0%DE%93%DE%A6%DE%83%DE%A9%DE%86%DE%A7" title="ކޮސްޓަރީކާ – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ކޮސްޓަރީކާ" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE" title="कोस्टारिका – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="कोस्टारिका" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>डोटेली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CF%8C%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1_%CE%A1%CE%AF%CE%BA%CE%B1" title="Κόστα Ρίκα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κόστα Ρίκα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста-Рика – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Коста-Рика" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostariko" title="Kostariko – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kostariko" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ee mw-list-item"><a href="https://ee.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Ewe" lang="ee" hreflang="ee" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Eʋegbe" data-language-local-name="Ewe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eʋegbe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="کاستاریکا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کاستاریکا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ff mw-list-item"><a href="https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Fula" lang="ff" hreflang="ff" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Fulfulde" data-language-local-name="Fula" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fulfulde</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B3sta_R%C3%ADce" title="Cósta Ríce – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Cósta Ríce" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yn_Coose_Ber%C3%A7hagh" title="Yn Coose Berçhagh – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Yn Coose Berçhagh" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9F%E0%AA%BE_%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%BE" title="કોસ્ટા રિકા – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="કોસ્ટા રિકા" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE" title="कोस्टा रिका – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="कोस्टा रिका" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BD%94%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%80%EB%A6%AC%EC%B9%B4" title="코스타리카 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="코스타리카" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A1_%D5%8C%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%A1" title="Կոստա Ռիկա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կոստա Ռիկա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE" title="कोस्ता रीका – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कोस्ता रीका" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostarika" title="Kostarika – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Kostarika" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE" title="কোস্টা রিকা – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="কোস্টা রিকা" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%C3%A6-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%C3%A6" title="Костæ-Рикæ – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Костæ-Рикæ" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_R%C3%ADka" title="Kosta Ríka – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Kosta Ríka" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%94_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%94" title="קוסטה ריקה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קוסטה ריקה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasisir_Karta" title="Pasisir Karta – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Pasisir Karta" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C9%94sitaarika" title="Kɔsitaarika – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Kɔsitaarika" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%BE_%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95" title="ಕೋಸ್ಟಾ ರಿಕ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಕೋಸ್ಟಾ ರಿಕ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostar%C3%ADka" title="Kostaríka – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Kostaríka" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90-%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%90" title="კოსტა-რიკა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კოსტა-რიკა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста-Рика – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Коста-Рика" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosita_Rika" title="Kosita Rika – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Kosita Rika" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста-Рика – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Коста-Рика" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costarika" title="Costarika – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Costarika" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostarika" title="Kostarika – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Kostarika" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_R%C3%AEka" title="Kosta Rîka – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Kosta Rîka" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста-Рика – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Коста-Рика" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста-Рика – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Коста-Рика" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%9B%E0%BA%B0%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%97%E0%BA%94%E0%BB%82%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%AA%E0%BA%B0%E0%BA%95%E0%BA%B2%E0%BA%A3%E0%BA%B4%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%B2" title="ປະເທດໂກສະຕາຣິກາ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ປະເທດໂກສະຕາຣິກາ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costarica" title="Costarica – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Costarica" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostarika" title="Kostarika – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kostarika" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B2sta_Rica" title="Còsta Rica – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Còsta Rica" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rikku" title="Kosta Rikku – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="Kosta Rikku" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jbo mw-list-item"><a href="https://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/kostarikas" title="kostarikas – Lojban" lang="jbo" hreflang="jbo" data-title="kostarikas" data-language-autonym="La .lojban." data-language-local-name="Lojban" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>La .lojban.</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mad mw-list-item"><a href="https://mad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Madurese" lang="mad" hreflang="mad" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Madhurâ" data-language-local-name="Madurese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Madhurâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Костарика – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Костарика" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B4sta_Rika" title="Kôsta Rika – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Kôsta Rika" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1_%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95" title="കോസ്റ്റ റീക്ക – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="കോസ്റ്റ റീക്ക" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_Rika" title="Koto Rika – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Koto Rika" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE" title="कोस्टा रिका – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="कोस्टा रिका" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90-%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%90" title="კოსტა-რიკა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="კოსტა-რიკა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7" title="كوستا ريكا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كوستا ريكا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="کاستاریکا – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="کاستاریکا" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%80%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%AD%EA%AF%87%EA%AF%A5_%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%80%EA%AF%A5" title="ꯀꯣꯁ꯭ꯇꯥ ꯔꯤꯀꯥ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯀꯣꯁ꯭ꯇꯥ ꯔꯤꯀꯥ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuosta_Rica" title="Cuosta Rica – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Cuosta Rica" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста-Рика – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Коста-Рика" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста-Рика – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Коста-Рика" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%80%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B7%E1%80%85%E1%80%90%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AE%E1%80%80%E1%80%AC%E1%80%94%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%84%E1%80%B6" title="ကော့စတာရီကာနိုင်ငံ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ကော့စတာရီကာနိုင်ငံ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE" title="कोस्टारिका – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="कोस्टारिका" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE" title="कोस्टा रिका – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="कोस्टा रिका" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB" title="コスタリカ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="コスタリカ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста-Рика – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Коста-Рика" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B2sta_Rica" title="Còsta Rica – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Còsta Rica" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста-Рика – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Коста-Рика" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%95%E0%AD%8B%E0%AC%B7%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%9F%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%BE" title="କୋଷ୍ଟାରିକା – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="କୋଷ୍ଟାରିକା" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostaa_Rikaa" title="Kostaa Rikaa – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="Kostaa Rikaa" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta-Rika" title="Kosta-Rika – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Kosta-Rika" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE" title="ਕੋਸਤਾ ਰੀਕਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਕੋਸਤਾ ਰੀਕਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE" title="कोस्टा रीका – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="कोस्टा रीका" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ami mw-list-item"><a href="https://ami.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_riga" title="Costa riga – Amis" lang="ami" hreflang="ami" data-title="Costa riga" data-language-autonym="Pangcah" data-language-local-name="Amis" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangcah</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%A7_%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="کوسٹا ریکا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="کوسٹا ریکا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%BC%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="کوسټاریکا – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="کوسټاریکا" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasta_Riika" title="Kasta Riika – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Kasta Riika" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B2sta_Rica" title="Còsta Rica – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Còsta Rica" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostaryka" title="Kostaryka – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Kostaryka" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta-Rika" title="Kosta-Rika – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Kosta-Rika" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rm mw-list-item"><a href="https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Romansh" lang="rm" hreflang="rm" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Rumantsch" data-language-local-name="Romansh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Rumantsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kustarika" title="Kustarika – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Kustarika" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста-Рика – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Коста-Рика" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста Рика – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Коста Рика" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szy mw-list-item"><a href="https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Riga" title="Costa Riga – Sakizaya" lang="szy" hreflang="szy" data-title="Costa Riga" data-language-autonym="Sakizaya" data-language-local-name="Sakizaya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sakizaya</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://sm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Samoan" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="Samoan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagana Samoa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE" title="कोस्टा रीका – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="कोस्टा रीका" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%B4%E1%B1%9F_%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%9F" title="ᱠᱚᱥᱴᱟ ᱨᱤᱠᱟ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱠᱚᱥᱴᱟ ᱨᱤᱠᱟ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-skr mw-list-item"><a href="https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%A7_%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="کوسٹا ریکا – Saraiki" lang="skr" hreflang="skr" data-title="کوسٹا ریکا" data-language-autonym="سرائیکی" data-language-local-name="Saraiki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سرائیکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-trv mw-list-item"><a href="https://trv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Taroko" lang="trv" hreflang="trv" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Seediq" data-language-local-name="Taroko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seediq</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%9D%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A7_%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8F" title="කෝස්ට රිකා – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="කෝස්ට රිකා" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AA%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%BD%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D9%8A%DA%AA%D8%A7" title="ڪوسٽا ريڪا – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="ڪوسٽا ريڪا" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ss mw-list-item"><a href="https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKhosta-Likha" title="IKhosta-Likha – Swati" lang="ss" hreflang="ss" data-title="IKhosta-Likha" data-language-autonym="SiSwati" data-language-local-name="Swati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>SiSwati</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostarika" title="Kostarika – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Kostarika" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostarika" title="Kostarika – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Kostarika" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostaryka" title="Kostaryka – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Kostaryka" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="کۆستاریکا – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="کۆستاریکا" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Костарика – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Костарика" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostarika" title="Kostarika – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Kostarika" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE" title="கோஸ்ட்டா ரிக்கா – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="கோஸ்ட்டா ரிக்கா" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusta_Rika" title="Kusta Rika – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Kusta Rika" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста-Рика – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Коста-Рика" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%AD%E1%80%B0%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%81%B5%E1%80%B1%E1%82%83%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9E%E1%80%90%E1%82%83%E1%82%87%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AD%E1%81%B5%E1%82%83%E1%82%87" title="မိူင်းၵေႃးသတႃႇရိၵႃႇ – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="မိူင်းၵေႃးသတႃႇရိၵႃႇ" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tay mw-list-item"><a href="https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_riga" title="Costa riga – Tayal" lang="tay" hreflang="tay" data-title="Costa riga" data-language-autonym="Tayal" data-language-local-name="Tayal" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tayal</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BE" title="కోస్టారీకా – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="కోస్టారీకా" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tet mw-list-item"><a href="https://tet.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostarrika" title="Kostarrika – Tetum" lang="tet" hreflang="tet" data-title="Kostarrika" data-language-autonym="Tetun" data-language-local-name="Tetum" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tetun</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2" title="ประเทศคอสตาริกา – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ประเทศคอสตาริกา" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста-Рика – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Коста-Рика" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-to mw-list-item"><a href="https://to.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosita_Lika" title="Kosita Lika – Tongan" lang="to" hreflang="to" data-title="Kosita Lika" data-language-autonym="Lea faka-Tonga" data-language-local-name="Tongan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lea faka-Tonga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-chr mw-list-item"><a href="https://chr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8E%AA%E1%8F%8D%E1%8F%93_%E1%8E%B5%E1%8E%A7" title="ᎪᏍᏓ ᎵᎧ – Cherokee" lang="chr" hreflang="chr" data-title="ᎪᏍᏓ ᎵᎧ" data-language-autonym="ᏣᎳᎩ" data-language-local-name="Cherokee" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᏣᎳᎩ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta-Rika" title="Kosta-Rika – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="Kosta-Rika" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста-Рика – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="Коста-Рика" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Коста-Рика – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Коста-Рика" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="کوستا ریکا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="کوستا ریکا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89%D9%83%D8%A7" title="كوستارىكا – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="كوستارىكا" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-za mw-list-item"><a href="https://za.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Zhuang" lang="za" hreflang="za" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Vahcuengh" data-language-local-name="Zhuang" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vahcuengh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostarik" title="Kostarik – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Kostarik" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostarik%C3%A4n" title="Kostarikän – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Kostarikän" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fiu-vro mw-list-item"><a href="https://fiu-vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Võro" lang="vro" hreflang="vro" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Võro" data-language-local-name="Võro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Võro</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%93%A5%E6%96%AF%E5%A4%A7%E9%BB%8E%E5%8A%A0" title="哥斯大黎加 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="哥斯大黎加" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vls mw-list-item"><a href="https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – West Flemish" lang="vls" hreflang="vls" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="West-Vlams" data-language-local-name="West Flemish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>West-Vlams</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wo mw-list-item"><a href="https://wo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Riika" title="Kosta Riika – Wolof" lang="wo" hreflang="wo" data-title="Kosta Riika" data-language-autonym="Wolof" data-language-local-name="Wolof" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Wolof</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%93%A5%E6%96%AF%E8%BE%BE%E9%BB%8E%E5%8A%A0" title="哥斯达黎加 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="哥斯达黎加" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%90_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%90" title="קאסטא ריקא – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="קאסטא ריקא" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B3st%C3%A1_Rik%C3%A0" title="Kóstá Rikà – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Kóstá Rikà" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Yorùbá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%93%A5%E6%96%AF%E9%81%94%E9%BB%8E%E5%8A%A0" title="哥斯達黎加 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="哥斯達黎加" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosta_Rika" title="Kosta Rika – Zazaki" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Kosta Rika" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Zazaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zea mw-list-item"><a href="https://zea.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica – Zeelandic" lang="zea" hreflang="zea" data-title="Costa Rica" data-language-autonym="Zeêuws" data-language-local-name="Zeelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zeêuws</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bat-smg mw-list-item"><a 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/></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital<div class="ib-country-largest">and largest city</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/San_Jos%C3%A9,_Costa_Rica" title="San José, Costa Rica">San José</a><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9430902">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Costa_Rica&params=9_56_N_84_5_W_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°56′N</span> <span class="longitude">84°5′W</span></span></span><span 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.hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limonese_Creole&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Limonese Creole (not yet started)">Mekatelyu</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bribri_language&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bribri language (not yet started)">Bribri</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_Patois" title="Jamaican Patois">Patois</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_group" title="Ethnic group">Ethnic groups</a> <div class="ib-country-ethnic"> (2011<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r8662964">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>83.6% <a href="/w/index.php?title=White_Latin_Americans&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="White Latin Americans (not yet started)">White</a> or <a href="/wiki/Mestizo" title="Mestizo">Mestizo</a></li><li>6.7% <a href="/wiki/Mulatto" title="Mulatto">Mulatto</a> (mixed <a href="/w/index.php?title=Afro-Costa_Rican&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Afro-Costa Rican (not yet started)">Black</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=White_Latin_Americans&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="White Latin Americans (not yet started)">White</a>)</li><li>2.4% <a href="/w/index.php?title=Indigenous_peoples_of_Costa_Rica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica (not yet started)">Indigenous</a></li><li>1.1% <a href="/w/index.php?title=Afro-Costa_Rican&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Afro-Costa Rican (not yet started)">Black</a></li><li>6.2% Others<sup id="cite_ref-livepopulation.com_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-livepopulation.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion <div class="ib-country-religion"> (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-ciep_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ciep-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>72.6% <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></li><li>—47.5% <a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Church_in_Costa_Rica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Catholic Church in Costa Rica (not yet started)">Roman Catholic</a> (<a href="/wiki/State_religion" title="State religion">official</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-irf2017_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-irf2017-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li>—22.5% <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestant</a></li><li>—2.6% Other <a href="/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Christian denominations">Christian</a></li><li>27.0% <a href="/w/index.php?title=Irreligion_in_Latin_America&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Irreligion in Latin America (not yet started)">No religion</a></li><li>0.4% Others</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9122542"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Ricans&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Costa Ricans (not yet started)">Costa Rican</a></li><li>Tico(a)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Unitary_state" title="Unitary state">Unitary</a> <a href="/wiki/Presidential_system" title="Presidential system">presidential</a> <a href="/wiki/Republic" title="Republic">republic</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/President_of_Costa_Rica" class="mw-redirect" title="President of Costa Rica">President</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rodrigo_Chaves_Robles" title="Rodrigo Chaves Robles">Rodrigo Chaves</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vice_President_of_Costa_Rica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vice President of Costa Rica (not yet started)">1st Vice-President</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephan_Brunner&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stephan Brunner (not yet started)">Stephan Brunner</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vice_President_of_Costa_Rica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vice President of Costa Rica (not yet started)">2nd Vice-President</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mary_Munive&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mary Munive (not yet started)">Mary Munive</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Costa_Rica" title="Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica">Legislative Assembly</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Independence declared</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• from Spain </div></th><td class="infobox-data">15 September 1821</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• from <a href="/wiki/First_Mexican_Empire" title="First Mexican Empire">First Mexican Empire</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1 July 1823</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <span class="nowrap">from the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Republic_of_Central_America" title="Federal Republic of Central America">Federal<br />Republic of<br />Central America</a></span> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">14 November 1838</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Recognized by Spain </div></th><td class="infobox-data">10 May 1850</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Constitution </div></th><td class="infobox-data">7 November 1949<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">51,100 km<sup>2</sup> (19,700 sq mi) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries and dependencies by area">126th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Water (%)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1.05 (as of 2015)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• 2020 estimate</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,094,118<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population" title="List of countries and dependencies by population">123rd</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Density</div></th><td class="infobox-data">220/sq mi (84.9/km<sup>2</sup>) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density" title="List of countries and dependencies by population density">107th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6670383">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity" title="Purchasing power parity">PPP</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2020 estimate</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$95.791 billion<sup id="cite_ref-imf2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Per capita</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$18,651<sup id="cite_ref-imf2_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6670383"><span class="nobold">(nominal)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2020 estimate</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$65.179 billion<sup id="cite_ref-imf2_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Per capita</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$12,690<sup id="cite_ref-imf2_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imf2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gini_coefficient" title="Gini coefficient">Gini</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6670383"><span class="nobold">(2020)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Negative increase"><img alt="Negative increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Increase_Negative.svg/11px-Increase_Negative.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Increase_Negative.svg/17px-Increase_Negative.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Increase_Negative.svg/22px-Increase_Negative.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 49.7<sup id="cite_ref-gini_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gini-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:darkred">high</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6670383"><span class="nobold">(2019)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.810<sup id="cite_ref-UNHDR_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNHDR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:darkgreen">very high</span></span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of countries by Human Development Index">62nd</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Costa_Rican_col%C3%B3n" title="Costa Rican colón">Costa Rican colón</a> (<a href="/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">CRC</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time zone</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a>−6</span> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CST</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic" title="Left- and right-hand traffic">Driving side</a></th><td class="infobox-data">right</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Calling code</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Telephone_numbers_in_Costa_Rica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Telephone numbers in Costa Rica (not yet started)">+506</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ISO_3166-2:CR&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ISO 3166-2:CR (not yet started)">CR</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain" title="Country code top-level domain">Internet TLD</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/.cr" class="mw-redirect" title=".cr">.cr</a><br />.co.cr</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Costa Rica</b> (officially called <b>Republic of Costa Rica</b>), is a country in <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central America</a>. It is bordered by <a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a> to the north, <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a> to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a> to the east. The <a href="/wiki/Official_language" title="Official language">official language</a> of Costa Rica is <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>. The official <a href="/wiki/Currency" title="Currency">currency</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Costa_Rican_col%C3%B3n" title="Costa Rican colón">colón</a>. It has enjoyed a long period of <a href="/wiki/Peace" title="Peace">peace</a> since the 1863 <a href="/wiki/Civil_war" title="Civil war">civil war</a>. Because of its natural beauty and political stability, it is <a href="/wiki/Nickname" title="Nickname">nicknamed</a> the "<a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> of <a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a>". Costa Rica has had no army since December 1, 1948. Instead of spending money on the military, the government spends money on education and health. </p><p>5,094,118<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> people live in Costa Rica. The <a href="/wiki/Capital_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital (city)">capital city</a> is <a href="/wiki/San_Jos%C3%A9,_Costa_Rica" title="San José, Costa Rica">San José</a>. The current President is <a href="/wiki/Rodrigo_Chaves_Robles" title="Rodrigo Chaves Robles">Rodrigo Chaves</a>. He was elected in 2022. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iglesia_Inmaculada_Concepcion_Ujarras.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Iglesia_Inmaculada_Concepcion_Ujarras.jpg/220px-Iglesia_Inmaculada_Concepcion_Ujarras.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Iglesia_Inmaculada_Concepcion_Ujarras.jpg/330px-Iglesia_Inmaculada_Concepcion_Ujarras.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Iglesia_Inmaculada_Concepcion_Ujarras.jpg/440px-Iglesia_Inmaculada_Concepcion_Ujarras.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a><figcaption><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ujarr%C3%A1s&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ujarrás (not yet started)">Ujarrás</a> historical site in the Orosí Valley, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cartago_province&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cartago province (not yet started)">Cartago province</a>. The colonial church was built between 1686 and 1693.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-Columbian_period">Pre-Columbian period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Pre-Columbian period" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Pre-Columbian period"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples" title="Indigenous peoples">indigenous people</a> of Costa Rica belong to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Intermediate_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Intermediate Area (not yet started)">Intermediate Area</a>. This Intermediate Area is where the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mesoamerican&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mesoamerican (not yet started)">Mesoamerican</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Andean&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andean (not yet started)">Andean</a> indigenous cultures mixed together. The country was influenced by various <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chibchan_languages&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chibchan languages (not yet started)">Chibcha</a> speaking indigenous people. </p><p>The impact of indigenous peoples' culture on modern Costa Rica has been small. The country did not have a strong native civilization to begin with. Most of the indigenous population was absorbed into the Spanish colony. There are still some small indigenous groups. The largest is the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bribri_people&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bribri people (not yet started)">Bribri</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Boruca_people&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boruca people (not yet started)">Boruca</a> tribes in south Costa Rica. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spanish_colonization">Spanish colonization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Spanish colonization" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Spanish colonization"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Columbus" title="Christopher Columbus">Christopher Columbus</a> sailed to the eastern shores of Costa Rica during his last trip in 1502,.<sup id="cite_ref-embassy_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-embassy-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He reported large amounts of <a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">gold</a> <a href="/wiki/Jewelry" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewelry">jewelry</a> among the indigenous people.<sup id="cite_ref-lp_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lp-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the colonial period, Costa Rica was the most southern province of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Captaincy_General_of_Guatemala&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Captaincy General of Guatemala (not yet started)">Captaincy General of Guatemala</a>. But it mostly ruled itself as a part of the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Spanish Empire</a>. Costa Rica's distance from the capital in <a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a>, its legal prohibition to trade with the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Viceroyalty_of_New_Granada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Viceroyalty of New Granada (not yet started)">Viceroyalty of New Granada</a>, and the lack of gold and silver made Costa Rica into a poor, little populated region of the Spanish Empire.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Costa Rica was called "the poorest and most miserable Spanish colony in all America" by a Spanish governor in 1719.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Costa Rica's poverty was also because there were not enough indigenous people available for <a href="/wiki/Slavery" title="Slavery">slavery</a>. Most of the Costa Rican settlers had to work on their own land. There were no large <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hacienda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hacienda (not yet started)">haciendas</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Plantation" title="Plantation">plantations</a>). For all these reasons, Costa Rica was unappreciated and forgotten by the <a href="/wiki/Habsburg_Spain" title="Habsburg Spain">Spanish Crown</a>. It had to develop on its own. </p><p>Costa Rica became a "rural democracy" with no oppressed <a href="/wiki/Mestizo" title="Mestizo">mestizo</a> or indigenous class. It was not long before Spanish settlers turned to the hills, where they found rich volcanic soil and a better climate.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independence">Independence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Independence" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Independence"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Costa Rica never fought for independence from <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>. On September 15, 1821, after the last Spanish defeat in the <a href="/wiki/Mexican_War_of_Independence" title="Mexican War of Independence">Mexican War of Independence</a> (1810–21), the authorities in <a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a> declared the independence of all of Central America. That date is still celebrated as Independence Day in Costa Rica. </p><p>Costa Rica joined the <a href="/wiki/First_Mexican_Empire" title="First Mexican Empire">First Mexican Empire</a> of <a href="/wiki/Agust%C3%ADn_de_Iturbide" title="Agustín de Iturbide">Agustín de Iturbide</a>. After its collapse in 1823, Costa Rica became a province of the new <a href="/wiki/Federal_Republic_of_Central_America" title="Federal Republic of Central America">Federal Republic of Central America</a>. it existed from 1823 to 1839. It had a very loose authority over its provinces, especially the poor and remote Costa Rica. </p><p>In 1824, the Costa Rican capital was moved to <a href="/wiki/San_Jos%C3%A9,_Costa_Rica" title="San José, Costa Rica">San José</a>. This led to a brief battle with the old capital, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cartago,_Costa_Rica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cartago, Costa Rica (not yet started)">Cartago</a>. </p><p>While civil wars were common in the Federal Republic of Central America, Costa Rica was largely peaceful. </p><p>In 1838, Costa Rica formally proclaimed itself an independent country. The local population had little allegiance to the federal government in Guatemala. From colonial times to now, Costa Rica's reluctance to become politically tied with the rest of Central America has been a major obstacle to efforts for greater regional integration. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economic_growth">Economic growth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Economic growth" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Economic growth"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Coffee was first planted in Costa Rica in the early 19th century. It was first shipped to Europe in 1843. It became Costa Rica's first major export. Coffee would remain Costa Rica's biggest export until the 20th century. </p><p>Most of the coffee exported was transported by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bullock_cart&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bullock cart (not yet started)">oxcart</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific</a> port of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Puntarenas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Puntarenas (not yet started)">Puntarenas</a>. Since the main market for the coffee was in Europe, it soon became a high priority to develop a transportation route from the Central Plateau to the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>. For this purpose, in the 1870s, the Costa Rican government asked U.S. businessman <a href="/w/index.php?title=Minor_C._Keith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Minor C. Keith (not yet started)">Minor C. Keith</a> to build a railroad to the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> port of <a href="/wiki/Lim%C3%B3n" title="Limón">Limón</a>. Despite enormous difficulties with construction, disease, and financing, the railroad was completed in 1890. </p><p>Most Afro-Costa Ricans come from <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaican</a> <a href="/wiki/Immigrants" class="mw-redirect" title="Immigrants">immigrants</a> who worked on the railway.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> United States convicts, Italians and Chinese immigrants also worked in the construction of the railroad. </p><p>In exchange for making the railroad, Costa Rican gave Keith large amounts of land and a lease on the train route, which he used to produce bananas and export them to the United States. As a result, bananas became the largest export. The <a href="/wiki/United_Fruit_Company" title="United Fruit Company">United Fruit Company</a> began to hold a major role in the national economy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="20th_century">20th century</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: 20th century" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: 20th century"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Costa Rica has enjoyed greater peace and political stability than other Latin American nations. </p><p>But in 1917–19, General <a href="/w/index.php?title=Federico_Tinoco_Granados&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Federico Tinoco Granados (not yet started)">Federico Tinoco Granados</a> ruled as a military <a href="/wiki/Dictator" title="Dictator">dictator</a> until he was overthrown. The unpopularity of Tinoco's government led to a considerable decline in the size, wealth, and political influence of the Costa Rican military. </p><p>In 1948, <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Figueres_Ferrer" title="José Figueres Ferrer">José Figueres Ferrer</a> led an armed uprising between the previous president <a href="/wiki/Rafael_%C3%81ngel_Calder%C3%B3n_Guardia" title="Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia">Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia</a> (he served as president between 1940 and 1944) and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Otilio_Ulate_Blanco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Otilio Ulate Blanco (not yet started)">Otilio Ulate Blanco</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With more than 2,000 dead, the 44-day <a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rican_Civil_War&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Costa Rican Civil War (not yet started)">Costa Rican Civil War</a> was the bloodiest event in Costa Rica during the 20th century. </p><p>The victorious rebels formed a government that <a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_of_Costa_Rica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Military of Costa Rica (not yet started)">abolished the military</a>. It oversaw the drafting of a new constitution by a democratically elected assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having enacted these reforms, the junta relinquished its power on November 8, 1949, to the new democratic government. After that, Figueres became a national hero, winning the country's first democratic election under the new constitution in 1953. Since then, Costa Rica has held 14 presidential elections, the latest in 2020. All of them have been widely regarded by the international community as peaceful and transparent. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Change section: Geography" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Geography"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Costa Rica is on the Central American <a href="/wiki/Isthmus" title="Isthmus">isthmus</a>. It is between latitudes 8<a href="/w/index.php?title=8th_parallel_north&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="8th parallel north (not yet started)">°</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_parallel_north&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="12th parallel north (not yet started)">12°N</a>, and longitudes <a href="/w/index.php?title=82nd_meridian_west&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="82nd meridian west (not yet started)">82°</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=86th_meridian_west&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="86th meridian west (not yet started)">86°W</a>. It borders the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a> to the east and the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> to the west. It has a total of 1,290 kilometres (800 mi) of coastline. Costa Rica also borders <a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a> to the north (309 km or 192 mi of border) and <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a> to the southeast (639 km or 397 mi of border). In total, Costa Rica has 51,100 square kilometres (19,700 sq mi) plus 589 square kilometres (227 sq mi) of <a href="/wiki/Territorial_waters" title="Territorial waters">territorial waters</a>. </p><p>The highest point in the country is <a href="/wiki/Cerro_Chirrip%C3%B3" title="Cerro Chirripó">Cerro Chirripó</a>, at 3,819 metres (12,530 ft). The largest lake in Costa Rica is <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Arenal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lake Arenal (not yet started)">Lake Arenal</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Change section: Climate" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Climate"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Costa Rica is located between 8 and 12 degrees north of the <a href="/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">Equator</a>. The climate is <a href="/wiki/Tropical_climate" title="Tropical climate">tropical</a> all year. The country has many <a href="/w/index.php?title=Microclimate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microclimate (not yet started)">microclimates</a> depending on <a href="/wiki/Elevation" title="Elevation">elevation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rainfall" class="mw-redirect" title="Rainfall">rainfall</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Geography" title="Geography">geography</a> of each region. </p><p>Costa Rica's seasons are defined by how much rain falls. It does not have the <a href="/wiki/Season" title="Season">four seasons</a> other countries have. The year can be split into two seasons: the dry season (known as summer), and the rainy season (known as winter). The "summer" starts in December and ends in April. "Winter" starts in May and ends in November. During this time it rains constantly in some regions. </p><p>The location receiving the most rain is the Caribbean. Annual rainfall is over 5,000 mm (196.9 in). Humidity is also higher here. The mean annual <a href="/wiki/Temperature" title="Temperature">temperature</a> on the coast is around 27 °C (81 °F). 20 °C (68 °F) in the main populated areas, and below 10 °C (50 °F) on the highest mountains.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable collapsible" style="width:100%; text-align:center; line-height: 1.2em; margin:auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Costa Rica </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;">27<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;">27<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;">28<br />(82) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;">28<br />(82) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;">27<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;">27<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;">27<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;">27<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;">26<br />(79) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;">26<br />(79) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;">26<br />(79) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;">26<br />(79) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">27<br />(81) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;">17<br />(63) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;">17<br />(63) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">18<br />(64) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;">6.3<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;">10.2<br />(0.40) </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;">13.8<br />(0.54) </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;">79.9<br />(3.15) </td> <td style="background: #00006F; color:#FFFFFF;">267.6<br />(10.54) </td> <td style="background: #00004E; color:#FFFFFF;">280.1<br />(11.03) </td> <td style="background: #0000EF; color:#FFFFFF;">181.5<br />(7.15) </td> <td style="background: #000061; color:#FFFFFF;">276.9<br />(10.90) </td> <td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;">355.1<br />(13.98) </td> <td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;">330.6<br />(13.02) </td> <td style="background: #2E2EFF; color:#FFFFFF;">135.5<br />(5.33) </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;">33.5<br />(1.32) </td> <td style="background: #0505FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium">1,971<br />(77.61) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Percent <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunshine duration">possible sunshine</a> </th> <td style="background: #EEEE0A; color:#000000;">40 </td> <td style="background: #E8E800; color:#000000;">37 </td> <td style="background: #ECEC06; color:#000000;">39 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;">33 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;">25 </td> <td style="background: #C3C311; color:#000000;">20 </td> <td style="background: #C6C600; color:#000000;">21 </td> <td style="background: #CACA00; color:#000000;">22 </td> <td style="background: #C3C311; color:#000000;">20 </td> <td style="background: #CACA00; color:#000000;">22 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;">25 </td> <td style="background: #E3E300; color:#000000;">34 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">28 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p><br /> There are many <a href="/wiki/National_Parks_of_Costa_Rica" title="National Parks of Costa Rica">national parks</a> in Costa Rica, including <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Antonio_National_Park" title="Manuel Antonio National Park">Manuel Antonio National Park</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plants_and_animals">Plants and animals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Change section: Plants and animals" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section's source code: Plants and animals"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_eyed_tree_frog_edit2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Red_eyed_tree_frog_edit2.jpg/220px-Red_eyed_tree_frog_edit2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Red_eyed_tree_frog_edit2.jpg/330px-Red_eyed_tree_frog_edit2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Red_eyed_tree_frog_edit2.jpg/440px-Red_eyed_tree_frog_edit2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2293" data-file-height="1720" /></a><figcaption>Red-eyed Tree Frog (<i><a href="/wiki/Agalychnis_callidryas" title="Agalychnis callidryas">Agalychnis callidryas</a></i>)</figcaption></figure> <p>Costa Rica is home to many plants and animals. The country has only about 0.25% of the world's landmass, but it has 5% of the world's <a href="/wiki/Biodiversity" title="Biodiversity">biodiversity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian07_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian07-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Honey99_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Honey99-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Almost 25% of Costa Rica's land area is in national parks and protected areas. <sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is the largest percentage of protected areas in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-ODI1_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODI1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Costa Rica successfully reduced <a href="/wiki/Deforestation" title="Deforestation">deforestation</a>. It had one of the worst deforestation rates in the world from 1973 to 1989. But it was almost zero by 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-ODI1_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODI1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Corcovado_National_Park" title="Corcovado National Park">Corcovado National Park</a> is internationally known by <a href="/wiki/Ecologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecologist">ecologists</a> for its biodiversity. Visitors can see many different types of animals. An example is the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Big_cats&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Big cats (not yet started)">big cats</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tapirs" class="mw-redirect" title="Tapirs">tapirs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Corcovado is the only park in Costa Rica where all four Costa Rican monkeys can be found.<sup id="cite_ref-watching_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-watching-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These include the <a href="/wiki/White-headed_capuchin" title="White-headed capuchin">white-headed capuchin</a>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mantled_howler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mantled howler (not yet started)">mantled howler</a>,the endangered <a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoffroy%27s_spider_monkey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geoffroy's spider monkey (not yet started)">Geoffroy's spider monkey</a><sup id="cite_ref-watching_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-watching-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_American_squirrel_monkey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central American squirrel monkey (not yet started)">Central American squirrel monkey</a>. The squirrel monkey is found only on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and a small part of <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a>. </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tortuguero_National_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tortuguero National Park (not yet started)">Tortuguero National Park</a> is home to spider, howler, and white-throat Capuchin monkeys. It is also the home of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Three-toed_sloth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Three-toed sloth (not yet started)">three-toed sloth</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Two-toed_sloth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Two-toed sloth (not yet started)">two-toed sloth</a>. It has 320 species of birds and many reptiles. There is an annual nesting of the endangered <a href="/wiki/Green_turtle" class="mw-redirect" title="Green turtle">green turtle</a>, and is the most important nesting site for the species. Giant <a href="/wiki/Leatherback_turtle" class="mw-redirect" title="Leatherback turtle">leatherback</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawksbill_turtle" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawksbill turtle">hawksbill</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Loggerhead_Sea_Turtle" class="mw-redirect" title="Loggerhead Sea Turtle">loggerhead</a> turtles also nest here. </p><p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Monteverde_Cloud_Forest_Reserve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (not yet started)">Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve</a> is home to almost 2,000 plant species.<sup id="cite_ref-karttv_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-karttv-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Including many <a href="/wiki/Orchid" title="Orchid">orchids</a>. It is also home to more than 400 types of birds. There are more than 100 species of mammals here.<sup id="cite_ref-karttv_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-karttv-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Costa Rica is a center of biological diversity for reptiles and <a href="/wiki/Amphibians" class="mw-redirect" title="Amphibians">amphibians</a>. They have the world's fastest running lizard, the spiny-tailed iguana (<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ctenosaura_similis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ctenosaura similis (not yet started)">Ctenosaura similis</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-'Garland1984'_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'Garland1984'-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Provinces,_cantons,_and_districts"><span id="Provinces.2C_cantons.2C_and_districts"></span>Provinces, cantons, and districts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&veaction=edit&section=10" title="Change section: Provinces, cantons, and districts" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section's source code: Provinces, cantons, and districts"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:La_Sabana-Costa_Rica_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/La_Sabana-Costa_Rica_2.JPG/220px-La_Sabana-Costa_Rica_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/La_Sabana-Costa_Rica_2.JPG/330px-La_Sabana-Costa_Rica_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/La_Sabana-Costa_Rica_2.JPG/440px-La_Sabana-Costa_Rica_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="499" data-file-height="298" /></a><figcaption>La Sabana Park in San José</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9671799">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Costa_Rica" title="List of cities in Costa Rica">List of cities in Costa Rica</a></div> <p><b>Article 168</b><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the <b>Constitution of Costa Rica</b> says the political divisions are classified into 3 groups: <a href="/wiki/Province" title="Province">provinces</a>, cantons, and districts. Costa Rica has seven <a href="/wiki/Province" title="Province">provinces</a>. The provinces are divided into 81 cantons. The canton is directed by a <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a>. Mayors are chosen democratically every four years by the canton's people. There are no provincial legislatures. The cantons are further divided into 463 districts. </p><p>The provinces are: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:15px;">1.</td> <td style="width:90px;"><a href="/wiki/Alajuela_Province" title="Alajuela Province">Alajuela</a></td> <td style="width:185px; font-size:90%;">(Center-North)</td> <td rowspan="7" style="width:204px; vertical-align:middle;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Provinces_Costa_Rica.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Provinces of Costa Rica"><img alt="Provinces of Costa Rica" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Provinces_Costa_Rica.png/200px-Provinces_Costa_Rica.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Provinces_Costa_Rica.png/300px-Provinces_Costa_Rica.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Provinces_Costa_Rica.png 2x" data-file-width="345" data-file-height="317" /></a><figcaption>Provinces of Costa Rica</figcaption></figure></td></tr> <tr><td>2.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cartago_Province" title="Cartago Province">Cartago</a></td> <td style="font-size:90%;">(East Central Valley)</td></tr> <tr><td>3.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guanacaste_Province" title="Guanacaste Province">Guanacaste</a></td> <td style="font-size:90%;">(North Pacific)</td></tr> <tr><td>4.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Heredia_Province" title="Heredia Province">Heredia</a></td> <td style="font-size:90%;">(Center-North)</td></tr> <tr><td>5.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lim%C3%B3n_Province" title="Limón Province">Limón</a></td> <td style="font-size:90%;">(Caribbean Coast)</td></tr> <tr><td>6.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Puntarenas_Province" title="Puntarenas Province">Puntarenas</a></td> <td style="font-size:90%;">(Central and South Pacific)</td></tr> <tr><td>7.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Jos%C3%A9_Province" title="San José Province">San José</a></td> <td style="font-size:90%;">(Central Valley)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&veaction=edit&section=11" title="Change section: Sports" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section's source code: Sports"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Uruguay_-_Costa_Rica_FIFA_World_Cup_2014_(5).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Uruguay_-_Costa_Rica_FIFA_World_Cup_2014_%285%29.jpg/220px-Uruguay_-_Costa_Rica_FIFA_World_Cup_2014_%285%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Uruguay_-_Costa_Rica_FIFA_World_Cup_2014_%285%29.jpg/330px-Uruguay_-_Costa_Rica_FIFA_World_Cup_2014_%285%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Uruguay_-_Costa_Rica_FIFA_World_Cup_2014_%285%29.jpg/440px-Uruguay_-_Costa_Rica_FIFA_World_Cup_2014_%285%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5760" data-file-height="3840" /></a><figcaption><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Uma%C3%B1a&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael Umaña (not yet started)">Michael Umaña</a> (red) at 2014 FIFA World Cup</figcaption></figure> <p>Costa Rica entered the <a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Summer Olympics">Summer Olympics</a> for the first time in 1936 with the fencer <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bernardo_de_la_Guardia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bernardo de la Guardia (not yet started)">Bernardo de la Guardia</a>. They entered the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Winter Olympics">Winter Olympics</a> for the first time in 1980 with the skier <a href="/w/index.php?title=Arturo_Kinch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arturo Kinch (not yet started)">Arturo Kinch</a>. All four of Costa Rica's Olympic medals were won by the sisters <a href="/wiki/Silvia_Poll" title="Silvia Poll">Silvia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Claudia_Poll" title="Claudia Poll">Claudia Poll</a> in <a href="/wiki/Swimming_(sport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Swimming (sport)">swimming</a>. Claudia won the country's only gold medal in <a href="/wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics" title="1996 Summer Olympics">1996</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Association football</a> is the most popular sport in Costa Rica. The <a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica_national_football_team" title="Costa Rica national football team">national team</a> has played in four <a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a> tournaments. They reached the quarter-finals for the first time in <a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">2014</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its best performance in the regional <a href="/wiki/CONCACAF_Gold_Cup" title="CONCACAF Gold Cup">CONCACAF Gold Cup</a> was runner-up in <a href="/w/index.php?title=2002_CONCACAF_Gold_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup (not yet started)">2002</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_pages">Related pages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&veaction=edit&section=12" title="Change section: Related pages" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Costa_Rica&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit 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Costarica.com. 2009-05-22. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.costarica.com/Destinations/Cities-and-Towns/Cartago/">the original</a> on 2008-02-22<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-06-26</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Costa+Rica+%E2%80%93+Cartago&rft.pub=Costarica.com&rft.date=2009-05-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.costarica.com%2FDestinations%2FCities-and-Towns%2FCartago%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ACosta+Rica" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.everyculture.com/Middle-America-Caribbean/Blacks-of-Costa-Rica.html">"Blacks of Costa Rica"</a>. <i>World Culture Encyclopedia</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190107034122/https://www.everyculture.com/Middle-America-Caribbean/Blacks-of-Costa-Rica.html">Archived</a> from the original on 2019-01-07<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2007-11-23</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=World+Culture+Encyclopedia&rft.atitle=Blacks+of+Costa+Rica&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everyculture.com%2FMiddle-America-Caribbean%2FBlacks-of-Costa-Rica.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ACosta+Rica" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://reachian.googlepages.com/seniorthesis2">Ian Holzhauer, "The Presidency of Calderón Guardia" (University of Florida History Thesis, 2004)</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link since April 2023">permanent dead link</span></a></i>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/opinion/07kristof.html?_r=1">The Happiest People</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161224163549/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/opinion/07kristof.html?_r=1">Archived</a> 2016-12-24 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>". The New York Times. January 6, 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-19">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFEggar" class="citation web cs1">Eggar, Marc. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110623201043/http://www.worldheadquarters.com/cr/climate/">"Climate/Weather"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldheadquarters.com/cr/climate/">the original</a> on 23 June 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 June</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Climate%2FWeather&rft.aulast=Eggar&rft.aufirst=Marc&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldheadquarters.com%2Fcr%2Fclimate%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ACosta+Rica" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-20">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.costaricaguides.com/Climate.html">Costa Rica Weather</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110616043331/http://www.costaricaguides.com/Climate.html">Archived</a> 2011-06-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>". Costa Rica Guides</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Guardian07-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Guardian07_21-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFLeo_Hickman2007" class="citation news cs1">Leo Hickman (2007-05-26). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2007/may/26/saturday.costarica">"Shades of green"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>. London. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121112150247/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2007/may/26/saturday.costarica">Archived</a> from the original on 2012-11-12<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-06-08</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Shades+of+green&rft.date=2007-05-26&rft.au=Leo+Hickman&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Ftravel%2F2007%2Fmay%2F26%2Fsaturday.costarica&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ACosta+Rica" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Honey99-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Honey99_22-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFHoney1999" class="citation book cs1">Honey, Martha (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ecotourismsustai00hone"><i>Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Who Owns Paradise?</i></a>. Island Press; 1 edition, Washington, D.C. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ecotourismsustai00hone/page/128">128</a>–181. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-55963-582-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-55963-582-0"><bdi>978-1-55963-582-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ecotourism+and+Sustainable+Development%3A+Who+Owns+Paradise%3F&rft.pages=128-181&rft.pub=Island+Press%3B+1+edition%2C+Washington%2C+D.C.&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-1-55963-582-0&rft.aulast=Honey&rft.aufirst=Martha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fecotourismsustai00hone&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ACosta+Rica" class="Z3988"></span> Chapter 5. Costa Rica: On the Beaten Path</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-23">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2006/sbsta/eng/misc05.pdf">"United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. "Issues relating to reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries and recommendations on any further process"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190107034036/https://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2006/sbsta/eng/misc05.pdf%20">Archived</a> from the original on 2019-01-07<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-06-26</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=United+Nations+Framework+Convention+on+Climate+Change.+%22Issues+relating+to+reducing+emissions+from+deforestation+in+developing+countries+and+recommendations+on+any+further+process%22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Funfccc.int%2Fresource%2Fdocs%2F2006%2Fsbsta%2Feng%2Fmisc05.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ACosta+Rica" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-24">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFEarth_Trends2003" class="citation web cs1">Earth Trends (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110927060236/http://earthtrends.wri.org/pdf_library/country_profiles/bio_cou_188.pdf">"Biodiversity and Protected Areas – Costa Rica"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. World Resources Institute. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://earthtrends.wri.org/pdf_library/country_profiles/bio_cou_188.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 2011-09-27<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-06-08</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Biodiversity+and+Protected+Areas+%E2%80%93+Costa+Rica&rft.pub=World+Resources+Institute&rft.date=2003&rft.au=Earth+Trends&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fearthtrends.wri.org%2Fpdf_library%2Fcountry_profiles%2Fbio_cou_188.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ACosta+Rica" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ODI1-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-ODI1_25-0">25.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-ODI1_25-1">25.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Jessica Brown and Neil Bird 2010. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/details.asp?id=5049&title=costa-rica-sustainable-resource-management-successfully-tackling-tropical-deforestation">Costa Rica sustainable resource management: Successfully tackling tropical deforestation</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110514083601/http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/details.asp?id=5049&title=costa-rica-sustainable-resource-management-successfully-tackling-tropical-deforestation">Archived</a> 2011-05-14 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. London: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Overseas_Development_Institute&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Overseas Development Institute (not yet started)">Overseas Development Institute</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-26">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190107034053/http://en.worldheadquarters.com/travel/costarica/">"Costa Rica National Parks and Reserves"</a>. World Headquarters. 2007. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldheadquarters.com/cr/protected_areas/">the original</a> on 2019-01-07<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-06-08</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Costa+Rica+National+Parks+and+Reserves&rft.pub=World+Headquarters&rft.date=2007&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldheadquarters.com%2Fcr%2Fprotected_areas%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ACosta+Rica" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-27">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFLeonardo_Coutinho_and_Otávio_Cabral2008" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Leonardo Coutinho and Otávio Cabral (2008-05-21). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090223215610/http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/desenvolvimento/conteudo_280147.shtml?func=2">"O desafio da economia verde"</a> (in Portuguese). Revista Veja. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/desenvolvimento/conteudo_280147.shtml?func=2">the original</a> on 2009-02-23<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-06-08</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=O+desafio+da+economia+verde&rft.pub=Revista+Veja&rft.date=2008-05-21&rft.au=Leonardo+Coutinho+and+Ot%C3%A1vio+Cabral&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fplanetasustentavel.abril.com.br%2Fnoticia%2Fdesenvolvimento%2Fconteudo_280147.shtml%3Ffunc%3D2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ACosta+Rica" class="Z3988"></span> Published on website "Planeta Sustentável"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-28">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://costa-rica-guide.com/nature/national-parks/corcovado/">"Corcovado National Park Costa Rica"</a>. <i>costa-rica-guide.com</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210318150426/https://costa-rica-guide.com/nature/national-parks/corcovado/">Archived</a> from the original on 2021-03-18<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-02-11</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=costa-rica-guide.com&rft.atitle=Corcovado+National+Park+Costa+Rica&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcosta-rica-guide.com%2Fnature%2Fnational-parks%2Fcorcovado%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ACosta+Rica" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-29">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.govisitcostarica.com/region/city.asp?cID=350">"Diversity of Corcovado National Park"</a>. Govisitcostarica.com. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100614215405/http://www.govisitcostarica.com/region/city.asp?cid=350">Archived</a> from the original on 2010-06-14<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-06-26</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Diversity+of+Corcovado+National+Park&rft.pub=Govisitcostarica.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.govisitcostarica.com%2Fregion%2Fcity.asp%3FcID%3D350&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ACosta+Rica" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-watching-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-watching_30-0">30.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-watching_30-1">30.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFHunterAndrew2002" class="citation book cs1">Hunter, Luke; Andrew, David (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/watchingwildlife0000hunt"><i>Watching Wildlife Central America</i></a>. Lonely Planet. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/watchingwildlife0000hunt/page/97">97</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-86450-034-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-86450-034-9"><bdi>978-1-86450-034-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Watching+Wildlife+Central+America&rft.pages=97&rft.pub=Lonely+Planet&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-1-86450-034-9&rft.aulast=Hunter&rft.aufirst=Luke&rft.au=Andrew%2C+David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fwatchingwildlife0000hunt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ACosta+Rica" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-31">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFCuarón,_A.D.,_Morales,_A.,_Shedden,_A.,_Rodriguez-Luna,_E._&_de_Grammont,_P.C.2008" class="citation web cs1">Cuarón, A.D., Morales, A., Shedden, A., Rodriguez-Luna, E. & de Grammont, P.C. (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://iucnredlist.org/details/2279/0">"<i>Ateles geoffroyi</i>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.</a> Version 2008</i>. <a href="/wiki/International_Union_for_Conservation_of_Nature" title="International Union for Conservation of Nature">International Union for Conservation of Nature</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 February</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=IUCN+Red+List+of+Threatened+Species.+Version+2008&rft.atitle=Ateles+geoffroyi&rft.date=2008&rft.au=Cuar%C3%B3n%2C+A.D.%2C+Morales%2C+A.%2C+Shedden%2C+A.%2C+Rodriguez-Luna%2C+E.+%26+de+Grammont%2C+P.C.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fiucnredlist.org%2Fdetails%2F2279%2F0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ACosta+Rica" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-karttv-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-karttv_32-0">32.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-karttv_32-1">32.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.govisitcostarica.com/region/city.asp?cID=402">"Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve"</a>. Govisitcostarica.com. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101204155635/http://www.govisitcostarica.com/region/city.asp?cid=402">Archived</a> from the original on 2010-12-04<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-06-26</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Monteverde+Cloud+Forest+Reserve&rft.pub=Govisitcostarica.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.govisitcostarica.com%2Fregion%2Fcity.asp%3FcID%3D402&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ACosta+Rica" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-'Garland1984'-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-'Garland1984'_33-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFGarland1984" class="citation journal cs1">Garland, T., Jr. (1984). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090303221434/http://www.biology.ucr.edu/people/faculty/Garland/Garl1984.pdf">"Physiological correlates of locomotory performance in a lizard: an allometric approach"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>American Journal of Physiology</i>. <b>247</b> (5 Pt 2): R806–R815. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1152%2Fajpregu.1984.247.5.R806">10.1152/ajpregu.1984.247.5.R806</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6238543">6238543</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biology.ucr.edu/people/faculty/Garland/Garl1984.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 2009-03-03<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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